diff --git a/.github/workflows/msys2.yml b/.github/workflows/msys2.yml
index d8c6759f1..2e09abae7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/msys2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/msys2.yml
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ jobs:
             TOOLCHAIN: clang
     env:
       MESON_CI_JOBNAME: msys2-${{ matrix.NAME }}
-      # XXX: Otherwise unsetting MSYSTEM doesn't work
-      # https://github.com/msys2/msys2-runtime/pull/101#issuecomment-1255195675
-      MSYS: noemptyenvvalues
 
     defaults:
       run: